Department of the Environment

The Minister has approved the inclusion of two species, Calidris ferruginea (curlew sandpiper) and Numenius madagascariensis (eastern curlew), to the critically endangered category effective 26 May 2015.

The Minister has recently listed one species as threatened and approved a conservation advice for one listed species.

Find out the latest updates on the Commonwealth Marine Reserves Review.

The Threatened Species Scientific Committee is seeking comments on the proposal to list this as a critically endangered ecological community. The public consultation period will be open until 30 June 2015.

Scientists monitoring the effectiveness of Commonwealth environmental water in the Murrumbidgee wetlands have recently recorded several important migratory birds in the Lowbidgee floodplain including the sharp-tailed sandpiper and common...

The Minister has approved the inclusion of two ecological communities, Central Hunter Valley eucalypt forest and woodland to the critically endangered category and Posidonia australis seagrass meadows of the Manning-Hawkesbury ecoregion to the endangered category.

Find out the latest updates on the Commonwealth Marine Reserves Review.

The Australian Government will host the Threatened Species Summit in Melbourne on 16 July 2015.

The Minister has agreed to transfer the Leadbeater's Possum from the endangered to the critically endangered category under the EPBC Act and approved the conservation advice.

Application on ecological sustainability - comments open from 20 April 2015 until 18 May 2015

Application on ecological sustainability - comments open from 20 April 2015 until 18 May 2015

Have your say on how best to reduce the impact of feral cats on threatened species. Consultation period closes 8 July 2015.

The Minister has recently listed three species as threatened, transferred a species and approved conservation advices for two listed species.

Find out the latest updates on the Commonwealth Marine Reserves Review.

The call for applications for funding through the Protecting National Historic Sites programme is now open. Applications close on Wednesday 22 April 2015.

Draft National Recovery Plan for the Southern Bent-wing Bat Miniopterus schreibersii bassanii open for public comment. Consultation period closes 1 July 2015.

The Australian Government is inviting comments on Australia’s next greenhouse gas emissions reduction target. Submissions are sought by 24 April 2015.

The Department has released a consultation paper outlining design options for the Emissions Reduction Fund safeguard mechanism. The consultation period closes on 27 April, 2015.

The Department has released a consultation paper outlining design options for the Emissions Reduction Fund safeguard mechanism. The consultation period closes on 27 April, 2015.